Peace Education

Course Details

Department & Course Number ED POL 520, SEC 291
Class Number 64001
Course Type Undergrad/Grad (Milwaukee Campus)
Credits 3
Meets Requirements
Instructor Raji Swaminathan
Course Dates June 24 - July 20, 2024 (Second 4-week Session)
Peace Education offers the opportunity to examine core issues of conflict analysis, non-violent action, violence prevention, warism, conflict transformation, and peace-building. Democracy, negotiation, strength, dialogue, and personal and systemic change and transformation are all integral to peace education. In this course, we will examine facts and perspectives left out of dominant media, critically analyze dominant paradigms, study peace educators’ and their philosophies, apply  principles of peace education, imagine alternatives, and discuss change strategies to create peace.